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March 22, 2013 11:21 AM

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Clint Victorine brushes a horse while doing chores at his Hydesville, Calif. pasture Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near Eureka, Calif. His organic beef label is popular in the Bay Area, labeled as Eelriver Ranch and Pacific Pastures. less

Clint Victorine brushes a horse while doing chores at his Hydesville, Calif. pasture Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near ... more

Clint Victorine (left) talks with his sons Evan and Ian (right) while saddling up a horse Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near Eureka, Calif. His organic beef label is popular in the Bay Area, labeled as Eelriver Ranch and Pacific Pastures. less

Clint Victorine (left) talks with his sons Evan and Ian (right) while saddling up a horse Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near ... more

Clint Victorine and his sons Evan (left) and Ian ride out to check on a herd in Hydesville, Calif. Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near Eureka, Calif. His organic beef label is popular in the Bay Area, labeled as Eelriver Ranch and Pacific Pastures. less

Clint Victorine and his sons Evan (left) and Ian ride out to check on a herd in Hydesville, Calif. Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed ... more

Photo: Brant Ward, The Chronicle

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Clint Victorine and his sons check on a herd of cattle in Hydesville, Calif. Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near Eureka, Calif. His organic beef label is popular in the Bay Area, labeled as Eelriver Ranch and Pacific Pastures. less

Clint Victorine and his sons check on a herd of cattle in Hydesville, Calif. Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near Eureka, Calif. ... more

Photo: Brant Ward, The Chronicle

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Organic beef cattle in Loleta, Calif. are moved from pasture to pasture Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near Eureka, Calif. His organic beef label is popular in the Bay Area, labeled as Eelriver Ranch and Pacific Pastures. less

Organic beef cattle in Loleta, Calif. are moved from pasture to pasture Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near Eureka, Calif. His ... more

Clint Victorine tends to a horse as his boys Ian (left) and Evan watch Thursday March 14, 2013 in Hydesville, Calif. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near Eureka, Calif. His organic beef label is popular in the Bay Area, labeled as Eelriver Ranch and Pacific Pastures. less

Clint Victorine tends to a horse as his boys Ian (left) and Evan watch Thursday March 14, 2013 in Hydesville, Calif. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near ... more

Photo: Brant Ward, The Chronicle

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Clint Victorine saddles up a horse as his two boys, Evan (left) and Ian watch on March 14, 2013 in Hydesville, Calif. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near Eureka, Calif. His organic beef label is popular in the Bay Area, labeled as Eelriver Ranch and Pacific Pastures. less

Clint Victorine saddles up a horse as his two boys, Evan (left) and Ian watch on March 14, 2013 in Hydesville, Calif. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle ... more

Photo: Brant Ward, The Chronicle

Clint Victorine saddles up a horse as his two boys, Evan (left) and... Photo-4363238.58916 - seattlepi.com

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Clint Victorine smiles as he rides through one of his organic pastures in Hydesville, Calif. Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near Eureka, Calif. His organic beef label is popular in the Bay Area, labeled as Eelriver Ranch and Pacific Pastures. less

Clint Victorine smiles as he rides through one of his organic pastures in Hydesville, Calif. Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle ... more

Photo: Brant Ward, The Chronicle

Clint Victorine smiles as he rides through one of his organic... Photo-4363239.58916 - seattlepi.com

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Clint Victorine leads two horses from a barn near his pastures at Hydesville, Calif. Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near Eureka, Calif. His organic beef label is popular in the Bay Area, labeled as Eelriver Ranch and Pacific Pastures. less

Clint Victorine leads two horses from a barn near his pastures at Hydesville, Calif. Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near ... more

Photo: Brant Ward, The Chronicle

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Clint Victorine leads horses into the barn in Hydesville, Calif. as his boys Evan (left) and Ian climb off a tractor Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near Eureka, Calif. His organic beef label is popular in the Bay Area, labeled as Eelriver Ranch and Pacific Pastures. less

Clint Victorine leads horses into the barn in Hydesville, Calif. as his boys Evan (left) and Ian climb off a tractor Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising ... more

In Hydesville, Calif., Clint Victorine leads two horses from a barn as his boys Evan and Ian watch Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near Eureka, Calif. His organic beef label is popular in the Bay Area, labeled as Eelriver Ranch and Pacific Pastures. less

In Hydesville, Calif., Clint Victorine leads two horses from a barn as his boys Evan and Ian watch Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed ... more

At Eureka Natural Foods, the Eel River Organic Beef label is the only beef they sell Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near Eureka, Calif. His organic beef label is popular in the Bay Area, labeled as Eelriver Ranch and Pacific Pastures. less

At Eureka Natural Foods, the Eel River Organic Beef label is the only beef they sell Thursday March 14, 2013. Clint Victorine beat the odds and started a business raising organic, pasture fed cattle near ... more